The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

I think it was the thieving that bothered most. Not the ‘success’ that was handed to him without him ever earning a second of it.

€150,000 just can’t be ignored or ever forgotten. It will follow him wherever he goes for as long as he lives.

I would suggest that his "supporters" on here are those who benefit from the type of nepotism that RT has benefited from and feel threatened by people calling it out. Just my own "analysis", similar to yours above.

For a service Tubridy never provided. Yes.

Didn't the DG go behind the back of the CFO to make the payment? I feel this would be bordering on the edge of legality in a public company, I am no expert, I just feel there may have been a bit more made of it if it had not been a state owned company and that Dee Forbes may have a bit more to answer for.

Jesus, just listened to 5 minutes. Its painful stuff. He's just after calling the house of lords a bunch of S&M perverts (not literally but not far off). Then read out a few emails saying how great he is before getting lost on a comment about joining him on the bus or in a car if you prefer? The music is all from the 90's, is that part of the show format?

And Renault didn’t pay so RTÉ were contractually obliged to pay it. Do you guys know how contracts work?

I don’t but people keep making out like the guy robbed the state when all he did was get paid as per the contract his, excellent, agent “negotiated” for him.

I have no doubt that Ryan would have paid the money back had his contract been “renewed” with RTÉ, either through the payroll system or within the new contract, itself.

As it stands he doesn’t owe anybody anything. In fact, if RTÉ hadn’t paid it then Ryan would be well within his “rights” to sue them for breach of contract.

Yet he said he’d pay it back.

He hasn't shut up about Les Miserables and the West End today. Had a caller from Liverpool on. Liverpool is in Ireland according to him. More recommendations for Irish books and that everyone should see An Cailin Ciuin. I actually feel embarrassed for him at this stage. It's woeful radio.

Big nk turnout on this thread today.

Maybe we all got it wrong, and a return to RTÉ isn't the end game, but rather a gig with Tourism Ireland?

Or how about a new TV travel show (probably on RTÉ) where Ryan brings 'his Ireland' to the world.. whereby Ryan is flown all around the world, from the Chinese megacities to the smallest villages in Belgium, where he meets locals to regale them of tales (and books) of "Ryan's Ireland" and how Amaze-balls it is.. Sort of like the old Hector travel show meets Palin, except it's just all about Tubridy.

Yeah but he said he’d pay it back.

The full €150,000 that is owed to the licence payers of Ireland.

I think they would be able to figure out a way to pay it back if there was a will, it isn't an over payment on a meal expense or something like that! It's €150k.

Tubridy was a contractor rather than an RTE employee. His company could make the payment. I'm sure that he could avail of the services of an accountant to sort it out.

Regards...jmcc

So now Ryan should be “out of pocket” for taking, contractually agreed, payments.

This is madness, lads. You can gripe all you want about the level of salary, and the like, but this is, and has always been, an RTÉ “issue”.